december 17th
Buenas Dias chums, yo am el cleaner del blogger y estoy typiendo el blog hoy. What suerte I have. De hecho…ah fuck it. I just can’t be arsed.
So no doubt you all know by now that Arsene Wenger was fined £15,000 and told never to call Ruud van Nistelrooy a cheat again. Apparently it makes him cry and gives his fetlocks terrible jip. Arsene has said he’ll be better in future, especially with Santa coming to town next week. There’s little need to mention how his original quote has been twisted and propagated to make it sound worse than it was. We know better.
Edu says he’d like to stay at Arsenal and that Arsenal have made him two offers but he’s holding out for a third. I understand he’s got a big decision to make about his future, his next contract is a very important one, but you can’t help thinking he might have been better off not batting his eyelids so publicly at the Spanish teams interested in him (although according to one Spanish paper a move to Madrid seems unlikely after he’s asked for too much money). He’d certainly be better off not mentioning Manchester United. I’m sure he’s being offered a handsome contract by Arsenal but maybe once all the other people get their cut it’s not as handsome as what he might get in Spain. Anyway, it’s boring now. He’ll either stay or he’ll go. And that’s that.
Better news about Freddie Ljungberg whose neurols seem to have checked out fine and even though he’ll miss Sunday’s game against Portsmouth he should be fit and ready for the festive season. Ashely Cole could miss Sunday’s game too, he’s got a knee injury, and that should mean a call up for fit-again Gael Clichy. If you’re looking for some Arsenal reading material this Christmas here’s a couple of books I’ve read recently which might interest you.
Of course the main story this morning hasn’t happened yet. The Champions League draw which sees Arsenal with a 60% chance of playing somewhere near me, some nearer than others, and a 40% chance of ending up in the home of Die Fantastischen Vier. Personally I’d like a nice trip to Madrid as our road to the final stretches out in front of us. We’ll update once the draw takes place but if you want to find out as it happens I assume the BBC is probably the best place to refresh constantly. Let’s wait and see what happens….
UPDATE: Champions League draw is made. Arsenal get Bayern Munich, first leg away in Munich. The other English teams involved: Barcelona v Chelsea – Liverpool v – Bayer Leverkeusen – Manchester United v AC Milan. Reaction tomorrow.
